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On the Hexaemeron, Or Six Days' Work

Hippolytus

Part I.—Exegetical.

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Author: Hippolytus

Part I.—Exegetical.

Fragments from Commentaries on Various Books of Scripture.

On the Hexaëmeron, Or Six Days’ Work.

Now these things we are under the necessity of

‹ The Extant Works and Fragments

setting

forth

at

length

,

in

order

to

disprove

the

supposition

of

others

.

For

some

choose

to

maintain

that

paradise

is

in

heaven

,

and

forms

no

part

of

the

system

of

creation

.

But

since

we

see

with

our

eyes

the

rivers

that

go

forth

from

it

which

are

open

,

indeed

,

even

in

our

day

,

to

the

inspection

of

any

who

choose

,

let

every

one

conclude

from

this

that

it

did

not

belong

to

heaven

,

but

was

in

reality

planted

in

the

created

system

.

And

,

in

truth

,

it

is

a

locality

in

the

east

,

and

a

place

select

.